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Peru - Sierra Irrigation Subsector Project (English)

Abstract

Ratings of Sierra Irrigation Subsector Project for Peru were as follows: outcomes were satisfactory, risk to development outcome was moderate, Bank performance was satisfactory, and Borrower performance was satisfactory. Some of the lessons learned included... See More +Ratings of Sierra Irrigation Subsector Project for Peru were as follows: outcomes were satisfactory, risk to development outcome was moderate, Bank performance was satisfactory, and Borrower performance was satisfactory. Some of the lessons learned included: (i) The Project approach to combine capacity building for irrigation management with small improvements in infrastructure/equipment has proved to be successful; (ii) The Project results show that greater efforts (for example, by better coordinating with other national and regional government programs dedicated to agribusiness promotion) are needed to ensure proper and sustained technical assistance to farmers’ groups, beyond the Project scope to ensure long-term sustainability; (iii) The Project was successful in implementing activities for encouraging women participation in the discussion and decision-making spaces of irrigation organizations and in disaggregating by gender the results indicators of the Project; (iv) To have a technical team to ensure from the early stages the quality of the prefeasibility, feasibility, and design studies as well as to minimize public investment requirements (SNIP approval) for Water Users’ Organizations (WUOs) projects; (v) The limited scale and insufficient integration of interventions, particularly between Component A and B, was a missed opportunity for maximizing the impact and sustainability of the Project. This resulted in small interventions, dispersed throughout the territory of the 12 selected WUOs and 112 sub-WUOs; (vi) An adequate co-financing mechanism from the irrigation investment beneficiaries is essential for the appropriation of the irrigation investment; and (vii) There is still a need for large improvements in the irrigation and water resources regulations in Peru.
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